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Republicans to Blame
For Army Weakness,
Col. Johnson Says
War Department Aide
Urges Co-operation
In Reply to Hoover
Assistant Secretary of War John
son, attributing criticism by former
President Hoover to political con
siderations. last night blamed Re
publican disarmament and econo
mizing policies from 1922 to 1933 for
the decline in this country’s nation
al defense strength. He urged na
tional co-operation in a defense pro
gram.
“We are facing today a definite
challenge to our security,” he said.
“National defense is at the cross
roads. It is heading in the right di
rection. The road is long and the
going may be rough. We must travel
It at the maximum speed compatible
with safety and efficiency, and we
must see to it that it remains true to
the course of adequate preparedness.
“We must assure ourselves that at
the end we will find an America
ready to meet any military crisis; an
America so well prepared on land,
on sea and in the air that no
prudent enemy will be tempted to
attack us and that no reckless foe
will be in a position to defeat us.
Work Cut Out for Us.
“Our work is cut out for us. We
must mobilize our thoughts and our
energies behind the President’s na
tional defense program. It is non
partisan in its nature and has the
overwhelming support of the polit
ical leaders and the rank and file
of both parties. It is practical and
capable of achievement.”
Col. Johnson pictured this state
Of our military defenses under post
war Republican administrations:
“Prom 1922 to 1933 many of our
citizens naively believed that if only
we W'ould disarm, the rest of the
world would follvr.-. They honestly
thought that if only we gave up our
Army and Navy, international peace
would prove inevitable.
“Well, the United States did dis
arm. Our Army was skeletonized.
Our Navy was reduced to a level
within the reason of other nations.
The rest of the world, however,
merely gave lip service to our im
practicable idealism and continued
to build up their armed forces. In
the terms of the solemn treaty that
they had signed they found loop
holes which enabled them to defeat
Its clearly defined purposes.”
American Industry Praised.
President Roosevelt, Col. Johnson
said, revitalized the Army, the Navy
and the Marine Corps. He began
the modernization of the Army's
equipment. He imbued the Army
with confidence by assigning to it
the task of “assembling, transport
ing. organizing and equipping the
young men of the Civilian Conser
vation Corps, hundreds of thousands
in number, and what a job it did!”
The Assistant Secretary spoke over
a Nation-wide radio hookup of the
National Broadcasting Co. in re
buttal to a speech by Mr. Hoover
Monday night replying to the Pres
ident's “fireside” talk of Sunday
night. Mr. Hoover called for, among
other things, the appointment of 8
single expert in charge of national
defense policies instead of the board
suggested and now appointed by
Mr. Roosevelt.
Col. Johnson praised American
industry for its co-operation with
the Government in speeding the na
tional defense program, and re
gretted the indifference of the
United States to its defense needs
as envisioned by Col. Johnson and
others after the Munich settlement
of 1938. Without that indifference,
he said, the defense program would
be much further advanced than it
is now.
5.6 Pet. for Modernization.
At the same time Secretary of War
Woodring issued a statement show
ing that only 5.6 per cent of War
Department military funds for the
past 16 years has been available for
modernization, augmentation and
replacement for the ground forces.
The statement was inspired by the
question generally raised as to why
the Army has not acquired more
"blitzkrieg” weapons.
During the 16 years from 1925 to
1940 appropriations for the Army’s
military activities came to $6,169,
300.000. Of this sum 86.1 per cent,
$5,314,744,000, went to recurring
charges and improvement of plant,
and $509,900,000 to the Air Corps.
This, Secretary Woodring said, left
$344,656,000 for modernization of the
ground corps.
“In view of these facts,”* Mr.
Woodring said, “it is rather remark
able to me that we have been able
to maintain any mobile ground army
at all, especially when it is consid
ered that the useful life of much
military equipment, such as tanks
and heavy motor vehicles, barely
exceeds five years.”
Phi Beta Kappa Elects
D. C. and Virginia Youths
Carl Oliver Muehlhause of 1425
Rhode Island avenue N.W. is one
of 14 University of Virginia students
elected to Phi Beta Kappa, na
tional honorary scholastic society,
Walter S. Rodman, dean of the en
gineering school and secretary of
the organization's' chapter at the
Charlottesville institution, has an
nounced.
Others to be initiated June 8 in
clude Roy John Britten, Arlington.
Va.: Walter Francis Cornnell and
William Wilson Koontz, Alexandria;
Raymond Carlyle Dingledine, Jr.,
Harrisonburg, and William Pen
nington Snavely, Charlottesville.
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Sergeant Jasper Post, No. 13, American Legion, and Capt. A. H. Thompson, vice commander of
George Washington Post, No. 1, are telling this group of Derby fans at Alice Deal Junior High
School. The racer is the one Carl Cederstrand, jr., drove to the Washington championship in the
1939 Soap Box Derby. The 1940 Derby will be run July 13. —Star Staff Photo.
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Soapbox Derby Racer,
Champion of'39, to Be
At 2 Schools Today
Powell and Paul Junior
High Students to See
Cederstrand's Coaster
Boys jammed the Eliot Junior
High School auditorium yesterday
to learn about Soap Box Derby
racers in general, and the 1940
Washington Derby in particular as
last year's championship coaster
racer was continued on its exhibi
tion tour of District junior high
schools.
Earlier, during the lunch period,
the racer which carried Carl Ceder
strand, jr., to the 1939 Derby cham
pionship of Washington was seen
by crowds of boys at Alice Deal
Junior High School, where the
champion himself answered ques
tions on the racer's construction.
Today the miniature racer, which
was built at a cost of $9.95, was to
stop at Powell Junior High School
from 12 o'clock until 1:10 p.m., and
then move on to Paul Junior High
School, where it wras to be exhibted
from 2:50 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. At
Paul Junior High more than a dozen
youngsters already have signed up
for the Derby, which is to be run on
July 13.
Legionnaires Answer Questions.
American Legionnaires A. H.
Thompson of George Washington
Post, No. 1, and I. N. Hildebrand of
Sergeant Jasper Post, No. 13, ac
companied the racer on the tour.
They answered questions fired at
them by the boys at both schools.
They told the boys that Washing
ton's third Soap Box Derby, which
is sponsored by The Star and the
American Legion, is open to boys
Soap Box Derby Rules
The 1940 Soap Box Derby,
sponsored for the third year by
The Star and the American
Legion, will be held July 13 for
boys living in Washington and
in nearby Maryland and Vir
ginia. The Derby is a race for
boy-built coaster cars, which
must be constructed within a
cost limit of $10. The winner
will represent Washington at
the national finals at Akron,
Ohio, in August.
These rules are your guide
for the third WASHINGTON
SOAP BOX DERBY:
1. Eligibility—The Derby is
open to boys of Washington and
vicinity between 11 and 15 years
old. A boy having his 16th
birthday anniversary on the
day of the race, or before, is
not eligible. A boy who does
NOT have his 11th birthday
anniversary until after the day
of the race is not eligible.
Members of the immediate
family of employes of The Star,
the Chevrolet Motor Co., deal
ers or employes of dealers will
not be permitted to race.
2. How to enter—Sign your
entry blanks and safety pledge
and get your rule book at the
salesroom of the Chevrolet
dealer nearest your home.
There are dealers in Wash
ington. Alexandria and Arling
ton, Va„ and Silver Spring,
Hyattsville and Bethesda, Md.
You must be accompanied by
one of your parents or your
guardian, who also must sign
the entry blanks and safety
pledge.
(Read The Star tor Derby News.)
between 11 and 15 years old. To
enter, every boy must register at
one of the Chevrolet motorcar deal
ers in Washington or nearby Mary
land or Virginia. After he is regis
tered and has signed a safety pledge,
each entrant then will receive an
official rule book, and will be able to
go to work on his car.
No car must cost more than $10,
and each racer must be built in ac
cordance with the rules outlined in
the book. The cars must be built
by boys and must not show any evi
dence of adult construction, al
though adults may advise the boy
builders.
Derby Broadcast Today.
H. N. Saunders, first vice com
mander of the District Department
of the American Legion and chief
starter for the third consecutive
year, was to speak today over Sta
tion WMAL on the regular Soap
Box Derby broadcast at 4:15 p.m.
Mr. Saunders was to tell of plans
for giving each boy a fair start in
the races on Derby day, and of the
changes to be made in the Derby
starting ramp.
The exhibition tour of last year's
championship racer will be contin
ued after the Memorial Day holiday,
with stops scheduled on Monday at
Gordon Junior High School and
Hine Junior High.
“One of the questions asked most
often by the boys,” Zeb T. Hamilton,
Derby director, said, "is ‘where is
the Derby going to be held?’”
“We have picked a fine site for
the 1940 Derby," Mr. Hamilton said,
“but we can't announce it yet. We
will, however, tell you where it is
going to be held in a few weeks, so
that you’ll all have a chance to look
it over, and perhaps take a trial spin
in your racers.
"I can tell you this.” he continued.
“It will not be held at New Hamp
shire avenue N.E., the site of the
1938 race, nor at Massachusetts
avenue N.W., where it was held last
year. Watch The Star for news of
the Derby site.”
Must Be Registered.
Mr. Hamilton also warned the
boys planning on racing on July 13
that they must be registered if they
want to compete.
“I know that a number of the
boys building racers now have not
registered at one of the Chevrolet
dealers yet.
"I want to remind you that we j
have no way of knowing who is
going to race unless we have their
registration slips. Only by referring
to these slips will we know who is
to receive racing numbers and Derby
day instructions. If you have regis
tered. however, you may be sure!
that your name is included on the
Derby roster.”
Four more potential prize winners
had their names added to the rapid
ly growing Derby roster today. They
are:
Maurice C. Barco, jr.. 15. 2700
Twenty-fourth street N.E.; Jay
Bisgyer. 12, 5600 Nebraska avenue
N.W.; William Chapman, 15, Cap
ital View avenue, Kensington, Md.,
and William L. Stevens, 14, 4429
Wisconsin avenue N.W.
(Watch The Star for Derby News.)
Nature’s Children
Bean Goose
(Anser fabalis)
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
These handsome birds migrate in
large numbers over the whole of
Western Europe. In plumage this
goose resembles the yellow-billed
species, though the coloring is some
what darker. The head and neck
are a brownish gray and in various
shades of these colors in different
individuals. The back of the neck
and breast are gray with lighter
edgings to the feathers. The under
parts become lighter until a pure
white stage is reached. The flanks
are brown with white edgings.
Rump and upper wing coverts are
white and the abbreviated tail is
brown, reminding you of an ani
mated feather duster when its own
er becomes somewhat agitated over
little annoyances. The bright yel
low legs and black outer claw com
plete an ensemble that is very
smart. The bean goose is an alert,
upstanding fellow, who knows his
way about.
Madam B. Goose builds her nest
on dry tussocks not far from a lake
or body of water. The eggs have
yellow blotches on a white ground
and some of them may be a pure
white. There are from 12 to 17
eggs laid. It is a very fine family,
indeed, which the mother leads
forth to make their first attempt to
swim.
The goslings have white edgings
on their feathers on the upper sur
face of flanks and body and there
is a decided rufous tint. When
the young birds acquire their first
plumage they are much darker than
their parents. The head and neck
are an earth gray, the throat is
lighter and the upper breast also
earthy gray. There are rows of
plumules which are separated by
furrows on either side of the neck.
These have light tips and it is
believed that these feathers really
have some of the natal down cling
ing to them.
uray ana wnne preaominaie on
the wings and body. The brownish
white teet and dingy yellowish legs
do not combine in making the trim
and well-groomed appearance that
is so evident in the garments worn
by the parents. However, this
color scheme will be replaced by
a more beautiful one resembling
that worn by the adults when the
younger generations are donning
their nuptial plumage. Then they
are a well-turned-out group, at
tracting your attention at once—if
you ever have the opportunity of
observing them at this season of
the year.
Many confuse the bean goose with
the yellow-bill. There is, of course,
a decided difference, once you be
come acquainted with either • of
them. The bean goose has a small
er, shorter and thicker bill than
the yellow-bill’s. The two birds do
not have the same dates for mi
gratlng or the same nesting places.
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Moral Preparedness
Vital in U. S. Defense,
Welles Declares
Undersecretary Speaks
At Mural Dedication
At Library of Congress
' Moral preparedness is equal in im
portance to material preparedness as
an element of the Americas’ ability
to resist aggression and preserve
their institutions of freedom, Under
secretary of State Welles declared
yesterday in a brief address at dedi
cation of a mural, “The Arms of
Christopher Columbus,” in the His
panic Foundation room of the Li
brary of Congress.
“Too many of us in these recent
generations have grown fat—fat
physically and fat mentally,” Mr.
Welles asserted. "We have led our
selves to believe that we are all of
us secure because we wanted to be
lieve that we were secure.’’
Remarking that, “fortunately for
each one of them,” the American re
publics today are bound together by
bonds of understanding more firmly
than at any other time, Mr. Welles
said, “Any act of aggression by a
non-American power, whether it be
committed south or north of the
Equator, is a challenge to the se
curity of all and will be so regarded
by them.”
Archibald MacLeish, librarian of
Congress, introduced Mr. Welles to
an audience of several hundred, in
cluding Latin American diplomats,
assembled in the room and to Co
lumbia Broadcasting System listen
ers.
The mural, installed over the
tablet commemorating establish
ment of the Hispanic Foundation in
1927 by Archer M. Huntington, was
painted on stainless steel by Mrs.
Buell Mullen of Chicago. It is semi
circular in shape, 10 feet high and
16 feet wide and weighs 1,200
pounds.
Illusion of Third Dimension.
The work, following the design of
Dr. Paul Philippe Cret, architect of
the room, bears the Columbus arms
and the words, "Por Castilla y Leon
Nuevo Mundo hallo Colon”—for
Castile and Leon. Columbus discov
ered a new world. The effect of
painting on stainless steel is a high
brilliance combined with the illu
sion of a third dimension, provided
by the glistening unpainted areas.
The steel was given by the Alle
gheny Ludlum Steel Corp. of Pitts
burgh, Pa., which also retained
Mrs. Mullen to paint the mural.
Crime Commission Ready
To Fight 'Fifth Column'
By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. May 29—The
Interstate Commission on Crime is
ready to work with Federal and
State law enforcement officers
against any “fifth column” activi
ties in the Nation, and its president
has asked Gov. O'Conor to inform
President Roosevelt of the commis
sion's readiness to serve.
Gov. O'Conor is a director and
one of the organizers of the com
mission founded five years ago, and
Richard Hartshorne, Newark, presi
dent, informed him yesterday of the
group's interest in combatting any
subservise element in the country.
He asked Gov. O'Conor to arrange
a conference on the subject with
President Roosevelt “to bring mat
ters to a head.”
The Governor also was asked to
offer the commission's services to
the Governor's conference when it
meets in Duluth, Minn., June 2-5.
A definite plan to obtain co-opera
tion of all law enforcement officials
in a drive against any “fifth column”
activity has been completed, Mr.
Hartshorne wrote Gov. O'Conor.
Missionary Group Gives
Sibley Hospital $50,000
Sibley Memorial Hospital has re
ceived an unexpected gift of $50,
000 from the Woman’s Home Mis
sionary Society. The check was pre
sented by Mrs. Robert Stewart of
Secaucus, N. J.. general secretary of
the society, who was in Washington
attending commencement exercises
of the hospital’s nursing school.
Dr. John M. Orem, acting presi
dent of the hospital, announced the
money would be used to reduce the
$250,000 debt of the institution.
Remon to Head Drive
John A. Remon, general manager
of the Cheaspeake & Potomac Tele
phone Co., will direct the Washing
ton drive for funds for a mechani
cal engineering building at Wor
cester Polytechnic Institute, it was
announced today.
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New "Who's Who" Off Press
With 31,752 Biographies
3,016-Page Volume of Noteworthy Americans
Lists 2,862 New Names, 242 From D. C.
That biennial best-seller, Who’s
Who in America—with more pages
this time than “Gone With the
Wind," “Anthony Adverse” and “The
Grapes of Wrath” combined—was
off the press today and being dis
tributed throughout the country and
in many distant lands.
The 1940-1941 edition of this ready
reference to the outstanding
achievements of noteworthy Amer
icans contains 3,016 pages, which
yield 31,752 biographical sketches.
The first edition of Who’s Who,
printed in 1899 by the present pub
lisher, the A. N. Marquis Co., Chi
cago, brought forth 840 small pages
and 8,500 sketches. During the 42
years the volume has nearly quad
rupled, both in physical dimensions
and biographical content.
An innovation or the new issue is
a number of citations honoring
donors of unusual gifts to American
colleges and other institutions of
learning. Hereafter the editors of
Who's Who will award these cita
tions annually, recording them in
the next biennial edition.
The new edition represents a
complete revision of its predecessor,
the 1938-1939 volume. There are
2,862 sketches which have not ap
peared in any previous issue. On
the other hand, 2,655 biographies in
the last edition are omitted, because
the subjects have died, removed to
addnesses which could not be ascer
tained or were considered no longer
sufficient in the public eye to war
rant retention.
242 Additions From D. C.
The ’40-'41 issue lists 242 new
names from the District of Co
lumbia.
Death removed from Who’s Who
during the biennium such conspicu
ous figures as Senator Borah of
Idaho, Supreme Court Justices Car
dozo and Butler, Novelists Zona
Gale and Zane Grey, Richard Halli
burton, author-adventurer, who was
lost at sea: Drs. Charles H. and Wil
liam J. Mayo, the famous surgeons;
Samuel Untermyer, lawyer; Carle
Laemmle, film producer; George
William Cardinal Mundelein,
Charles M. Schwab, steel manufac
turer; Floyd Gibbons, war corre
spondent; Secretary of the Navy
Swanson.
Addition to the Who's Who family
include these sons of famous fathers:
Carter Glass, jr„ publisher, son
of Senator Glass of Virginia; Her
bert Hoover, jr„ geophysicist, son of
the former President; Dr. Charles
William Mayo, Nelson A. Rockefel
ler (representing a third generation
in Who's Who); Elliott Roosevelt,
son of the President; Francis S
Hutchins, president of Berea Col
lege, Ky„ who succeeded his father,
and who is a brother of Robert
Maynard Hutchins, president of the
University of Chicago; William L.
White, foreign correspondent, a son
of William Allen White, the Kan
sas editor and author.
26.7 Per Cent College Graduates.
While Who's Who primarily is
.concerned with conspicuous Amer
icans, many foreigners who have be
come closely identified with the
United States—like Ignace Jan Pad
erewski, pianist and former Premier
of Poland; Eduard Benes, former
President of Czecho-Slovakia, and
Heinrich Bruening, once chancellor
of the German Republic—are listed.
An educational study in back of
the book, based on the 1934-1935
edition, shows that far the greater
number of those listed were college
graduates, with 26.74 per cent hav
ing doctor's degrees in philos
ophy, science, letters, medicine,
surgery or dentistry. More than 11
per cent, however, in both that edi
tion and the previous one have no
college degrees, and around 7 per
cent had only commen school edu
cation.
Another innovation this year is a
pronouncing supplement for difficult
names.
There is a complete index of
names arranged by States, subdi
vided into towns.
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Miss Perkins Tells
Labor Groups Peace
Is Important Now
A. F. L. and C. I. 0. Units
Told Defenes Program
Accentuates Need
Secretary of Labor Perkins told
the American Federation of Labor
and the Congress of Industrial Or
ganizations last night that peace in
the labor movement has become
more important now that the coun
try is embarking on an emergency
national defense program.
The Secretary spoke at a dinner
in Kenosha. Wis., where she was the
guest of A. F. L. and C. I. O. groups.
While calling on the warring
groups to compose their differences,
Mrs. Perkins said there was no
question but what organized labor
will co-operate wholeheartedly in
carrying out the administration's
preparedness plans.
"I know from messages received
from labor organizations, in both
factions, and representing more
than 3.000,000 workers, that the rank
and file are wholeheartedly in favor
of a speedy and honorable peace.”
she said. "The controversy should
be settled. It already has run too
long
"Labor may rest assured that
there will be no weakening of the
social standards of America. The
last seven years have established
many of these. Such standards as
are prescribed in the Walsh-Healey
Act and the Wage and Hour Act
will be protected. These are flexible
laws, merely requiring that time and
a half be paid for overtime, and they
will in no way affect the speed with
which defense plans are completed.
The Public Employment Service, the
standards for good physical condi
tions in work places, provisions for
housing of workers, and sound em
ploye relationships will all help to
improve efficiency and production.”
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Immigration Law
Reply to Taber Cites
Work in Clearing Up
'Dishonest Situations'
B* the Associated Press.
Secretary Perkins, called a “no
torious incompetent" by Representa
tive Taber, Republican, of New York,
retorted today that her regime had
“cleared up irregularities and dis
honest situations" found in the Im
migration Service when she took
control in 1933.
Miss Perkins wrote Representative
Taber that she would ignore his
opinion about her competency, but
that she felt compelled to label as
“not true" his assertion in House de
bate Monday that she “has steadily
and steadfastly failed and refused j
to enforce the immigration law and
continuously admitted and kept here
those who were not entitled to stay.”
The House voted this week to
hasten the transfer of the Immigra
tion Service from Miss Perkins'
Labor Department to the Justice
Department.
“The immigration law has been
enforced faithfully and effectively
during the last seven years," she
said in her letter to Mr. Taber.
When she took office in 1933, she
continued, she was confronted "by
clear evidences of corruption in cer
tain offices."
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To Calendar Is Made'
Time Between Filing
And Hearing of Cases
Greatly Reduced
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of District Court, it was learned to
day, it has been necessary to coirt
pile a second supplement to tha
civil calendar, so rapidly have the
nine Justices, serving on the civil
bench, been disposing of cases.
In some branches of the civil
court progress has been so rapid
that divorce cases are now being
tried within eight months after be
ing placed on the calendar. The
time elapsing between the filing 6f
a case and its being placed on the
calendar depends upon litigants and
their lawyers.
In last October Jury cases came
to trial some 23 months after being
placed on the calendar, but in the
interim the justices on -he civil
bench have been disposing of such a
mass of work that they ure row
coming to trial 15 months after. In
October non-jury cases were being
heard about 22 months after, but
this time has now been reduced to
about nine months.
First Supplement About Easter.
The calendar for the term, which
began last October, was made up
during the summer. It was necessary
about Easter to make up a first
supplement.
Officials anticipate that the second
supplement will care for cases that
are to be heard the rest of this
month and June, when the current
term ends. Non-jury cases include
divorce actions, patent cases, in
junctions and similar litigation.
The celerity with which civil busi
ness has been dispatched in District
Court is attributed to pre-trial
procedure in which cases are nar
rowed down to their essentials, to
compromises arrived at with th»
assistance of one of the judges, and
by settlements agreed upon between
the lawyers and their clients.
25 to 30 Divorces a Day.
It is not unusual for 25 to 30
uncontcsted divorce cases to be dis
posed of by one jurist in a single
day, so rapidly has the calendar
been moving.
Sitting now in the civil division
of District Court are Chief Justice
Alfred A. Wheat, who concentrates
on land-condemnation cases; Jus
tices Jennings Bailey. Oscar R
Luhring, Jesse C. Adkins. James
M. Proctor, Daniel W. O'Donoghue.
who is presiding in Motions Court!
where brief matters are disposed of
rapidly: Bolitha J. Laws, who is pre
siding in the Pre-Trial Court: T.
Alan Goldsborough and David A.
Pine.
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